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RULES FOR GOVERNING THE 

STANDARDIZING AND ACCREDITING 

OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE 

STATE OF OREGON 



Adopted by the State Board of Education 
August 5, 1914. 



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1. HOW CLASSIFIED - 

High Schools shall be classified as Standard four-year high schools, 
or Accredited three-year, two-year, or one-year high schools, as they shall 
be approved and accredited by the State Board of Education. 

2. RULES GOVERNING STANDARD HIGH SCHOOLS 
First — As to Teachers 

(a) Nnmher. At least three teachers shall be required to devote 
their entire time to high school v^'ork; provided, that in a high school 
offering but one course, two high school teachers are required to devote 
their entire time to high school work; provided, that in a high school 
having a regular attendance of less than sixteen pupils, one teacher shall 
be required to devote her entire time to high school work, being- permitted 
to teach two grades of work only and not more than ten classes each day. 

(b) QuaUfications. Any teacher employed in a Standard High 
School of this State shall be a graduate of a standard college or univer- 
sity, as defined by Section 18, 1913 edition of the Oregon School Laws; 
or shall be the holder of a Life State Certificate or State Diploma secured 
by examination before the State Department; or a teacher's Life Cer- 
tificate or Diploma now in full force and effect in this State; provided, 
that teachers of special subjects may be certificated according to Sec- 
tions 16 and 20, 1913 edition of the Oregon School Laws. 

Second — Course of Study 
A Standard High School shall follow the State Course of Study 
except in districts of the first class, whose course must be approved by 
the State Board of Education. Fifteen units shall be required for gradu- 
ation, and at least forty minutes for each recitation. Two periods of 
laboratory or vocational work shall be considered of equal instructional 
value with one period of recitation. A unit is the completion of a sub- 
ject of five recitations, or their equivalent, laboratory or vocational 
periods per week, pursued throughout a school year of not less than 
thirty-six school weeks. 

Third — Apparatus 
There shall be at least $300.00 wisely invested in apparatus for 
teaching Science, apportioned as follows: Physical Geography, $75.00; 
Biology, $75.00; Physics, $150.00. For teaching the subject of Physical 
Geography, the following apparatus is recommended: Set of Johnston 
maps, globes, mercurial barometer and an aneroid barometer; for 
Biology, microscopes, demonstration magnifiers, dissecting sets, slides and 
covers, glassware and chemicals; for Physics, $125.00 wisely expended, 
providing such a laboratory as will permit performing the majoritv of 
the experiments given in the Millikan and Gale Manual. 

Fourth — Library 
The library must contain a minimum of 250 books which are, or have 
been included in the State School Library List, Part II, excluding fiction 
and the dictionaries and encyclopedias mentioned below, and adapted to 



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the courses of study. These books must be entered in a record book and 
prepared for circulation according to the rules prescribed for school 
libraries. A Standard High School must have one of the larger encyclo- 
pedias recommended in the State Library List, Part II, and either the 
New International or the Standard dictionary, to the number of one 
copy for each twenty pupils. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITED THREE-YEAR 
HIGH SCHOOLS 

First — As to Teachers 

(a) Number. Two teachers shall give full time in high school work, 
where more than four subjects each year are offered; or one teacher 
shall give full time and another at least half tin^ when but four subjects 
are offered each year, no choice of electives being given. 

(b) Qualifications. All teachers of three-year Accredited High 
Schools shall be graduates of a standard college, university or normal 
school; or be the holder of a five-year State Certificate in Oregon, or an 
Oregon Life Certificate; or a special certificate for special subjects 
issued in accordance with Sections 16 and 20, 1913 edition of the Oregon 
School Laws. 

Second — Course of Study 

The course of study shall be as prescribed by the State Board of 
Education. 

Third — Apparatus 
Thei-e shall be at least $300.00 wisely invested in apparatus for teach- 
ing Science, apportioned as follows: Physical Geography, $75.00; Biology, 
$75.00; Physics, $150.00. For teaching the subject of Physical Geography, 
the following apparatus is recommended: Set of Johnston maps, globes, 
mercurial barometer and an aneroid barometer; for Biology, microscopes, 
demonstration magnifiers, dissecting sets, slides and covers, glassware, 
and chemicals; for Physics, $125.00 wisely expended, providing such a 
laboratory as will permit performing the majority of the experiments 
given in the Millikan and Gale Manual. 

Fourth — Library 
The library must contain a minimum of 150 books which are, or 
have been included in the State School Library List, Part II, excluding 
fiction and the dictionaries and encyclopedias mentioned below, and 
adapted to the courses of study. These books must be entered in a 
record book and prepared for circulation according to the rules pre- 
scribed for school libraries. A Standard school must have one of the 
larger encyclopedias recommended in the State School Library List, Part 
II, and either the New International or the Standard dictionary, to the 
number of one copy for each twenty pupils. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITED ONE AND TWO-YEAR 
HIGH SCHOOLS 

First — As to Teachers 

(a) A teacher doing two years of high school work cannot teach in 
the grades. 

(b) A teacher doing one year of high school work would be per- 
mitted to teach all of the work in the seventh and eighth grades also. 

Second — Recitations 
The length of the recitations in a one or two-year high school shall 
not be less than thirty minutes, and in all classes where there are more 
than ten pupils there shall be five recitation periods each week, and 
the school year will consist of at least thirty-two weeks. 

Third — Apparatus 

There shall be at least $150.00 wisely invested in apparatus for 
teaching science, apportioned as follows: Physical Geography, $75.00; 
Biology, $75.00. 

Fourth — Library 

The library must contain a minimum of 75 books which are, or have 
been included in the State School Library List, Part II, excluding fiction 
and the dictionaries and encyclopedias mentioned below, and adapted to 
the course of study. These books must be entered in a record book and 
prepared for circulation according to the rules prescribed for school 
libraries. The school must own one of the encyclopedias recommended 
in the State School Library List, Part I or Part II, and either the New 
International or the Standard dictionary, to the number of one copy for 
each twenty pupils. 



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